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| Title |
Hypercapnic cerebral edema presenting in a woman with asthma: a case report
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| Published in |
Journal of Medical Case Reports, May 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1752-1947-5-192 |
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| Authors |
Ryan R Joyce, William T McGee |
| Abstract |
Common causes of non-traumatic acute cerebral edema include malignant hypertension, hyponatremia, anoxia, and cerebral vascular accident. The computed tomographic images and data obtained during care of the patient described in this case report provide evidence that hypercarbia can cause increased intracranial pressure and coma without permanent brain injury. Partial pressure of carbon dioxide evaluation for coma is essential to provide faster diagnosis and therapeutic correction in certain common critical disease states. We present the case of a patient in a coma associated with cerebral edema during a typical asthma exacerbation with hypercapnic respiratory failure. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 45 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 43 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 7 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 7 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 7% |
| Other | 8 | 18% |
| Unknown | 11 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 42% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 13% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 7% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 4% |
| Unspecified | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 13 | 29% |